Katharine W. Wallis house, Worcester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1939-1940

GUSN

GUSN-328419

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Description

Set of thirty-one architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Morgan in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #722) including twelve elevations, ten plans, three plot plans, three framing plans, and three details. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot.

Drawings depict a two-story Modern house with a clapboard, stone, and flush board exterior. House has a living room, study, kitchen, lavatory, covered porch, one bedroom, one bathroom, an attached one-car garage, and a roof deck with pergola.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
site plans
framing plans

Physical Descrption

31 architectural drawings : pencil on trace and graph paper

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

2013-11-01

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.722

Image Dimensions

13 3/4 x 18 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
plans (orthographic projections)
site plans
framing plans

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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